An executive order from the White House will bring the college admissions season in line with tax season. Here’s how that helps your clients.

Many grandparents will accelerate the inheritance of a grandchild pursuing a course of study likely to leave him with the prospects for a career and decent paying job

Saving for college is at an all-time high, but parents are the ones planning to pay for a large portion of their children’s higher education costs. About 69 percent of families are saving for college, up from the 64 percent of those who report...

Niche advisors have an advantage, but it’s getting crowded. The marketplace is jammed with advisors who specialize in wealth management, retirement planning, small business owners, multi-generational wealth, doctors, educators, etc&hellip...

Saving for their future. | Glen Cooper/Getty Images September is known as college savings month, and Ascensus College Savings, a 529 plan provider, is marking the occasion by launching Learn529.com, a website to educate families about college ...

The average amount of debt a student will accumulate in college continues to climb.  It's been estimated that graduating undergrads from the Class of 2015 left college with the highest amount of debt ever incurred—more than $35,000, on average...

Oh captain my captain. | Copyright Jemal Countess, Getty Images In the interest of "giving something back," the son of late actor Robin Williams has been partnering with San Quentin State Prison in California to teach inmates about financial l...

Hillary Rodham Clinton recently unveiled her proposed $350 billion plan to address the growing student debt crisis and make college more affordable for millions of Americans. But the initiative, announced Monday at a town hall...

With strong indications that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates in September, noted short-seller Bill Fleckenstein is getting ready to jump back into business. Fleckenstein told CNBC that the Fed's hands-off policy with the economy ...

Gina Rinehart. | Copyright Matt King, Getty Images The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Australia’s richest person, the mining magnate Gina Rinehart, may contribute half of her estimated $10 billion fortune to charity under the terms of ...